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Christina Websell · 03-10-2015, 10:26 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening

"Janet" wrote in message
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In article ,
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"Bob Hobden" wrote in message
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"Christina Websell" wrote

I usually save some of my peas for seed but this year my brother ate
all
the peas I grew. Don't ask..we've had words.
Anyway I got some supermarket peas and am drying them out to try and
will
see how they go next year.
Plan B is using the pea seeds I still have from 2014.

Has anyone ever grown supermarket peas? I will give them a go if they
dry
out OK, looking like they will.

I have to ask Why? Why not buy some seed peas from a seed merchant?
That
way you get a named variety with known qualities, eg we grow Early
Onward
because it does well for us.

I don't know why, I just fancy giving them a go. To see what happens. I
will of course sow my own peas too so it won't be a disaster. It's an
experiment and I just wondered if anyone had done it before.
In theory, they should do well.

Fresh peas are picked for eating well before they are mature and fully
grown. So after they've been picked young I'm not convinced they will
reach full maturity in the pod. This may affect both storage and
germination. But no harm trying.

Janet

I did choose the more mature pods. One has gone mouldy and has been
discarded but the other few pods look like they will dry out OK.
I don't usually do this sort of thing but when some of the pea pods looked
like they were a bit dry I thought "why not give them a go?"
If they fail, it's not a big deal. It's an experiment. If they do well, I
will save seed from them. If they don't, well, it was fun to try.